POEM STARTER

Write a Tanka, or a series of linked Tankas, on the theme of loyalty.

A Tanka is a short form of poetry with 5 lines: 5 syllables in the first line, then 7, then 5, then 7, and 7 syllables in the final line (5,7,5,7,7).

Following An Ideal Of Goodwill

you bought my breakfast,

loyal to the common good,

though you don’t know me,

I am behind you in line,

in my car, engine humming

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L Butchart

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